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How are patients selected for St. Jude's?
Patient Admission: Admission is based on the patient's eligibility for an ongoing treatment study, regardless of a patient's race, sex, ethnicity, religion, nationality or ability to pay. Parents wishing to have their child treated at St. Jude must have the child's referring physician contact St. Jude.
What type of patients does St. Jude treat?
St. Jude treats children with cancer, blood disorders and related life-threatening diseases. We take the toughest cases. This often includes children who do not respond well to standard treatments.
What percentage of children are cured at St. Jude's?
Jude has achieved a 94% survival rate for ALL. The survival rate for ALL was only 4% when St. Jude opened in 1962.
Do parents pay at St. Jude?
Jude makes a unique promise as part of its fundraising: “Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.”
Is St. Jude's hospital faith based?
Although it was named after Thomas's patron saint, St. Jude is not a Catholic hospital and is a secular institution not affiliated with any religious organization.
Who is the owner of St. Jude's hospital?
From its first director, Donald Pinkel, M.D., who created total therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, to its current president and CEO, James R. Downing, M.D., who pioneered the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, they have helped St. Jude make a global impact on childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
How much does the CEO of St. Jude's make a year?
Jude Medical CEO Starks pay rises to $6.7 million.
What states have a St. Jude's hospital?
There's only one St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in the world, located in Memphis, Tennessee, and we have affiliate clinics and fundraising offices you can explore below.
What state is St. Jude's hospital located?
TennesseeSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital / State
Treatment Clinics and Service Areas
Your child will generally be assigned to one of these clinics, depending on his or her diagnosis.
Resources and Support
Children with certain blood disorders or who receive cancer treatment need blood or blood products. You can donate whole blood or platelets for St. Jude patients at the Blood Donor Center.
Contact Us
If your child is a St. Jude patient and you have an urgent question or concern, ask to speak to the Nursing Coordinator on duty.
Before you arrive
You have just learned that your child will be coming to St. Jude . We have put together important information to help you get here.
While you are here
From school to social work, Child Life to campus housing, St. Jude offers your child and your family support and resources — all in one place.
Going home
Most children at St. Jude are treated as outpatients and do not stay overnight. Explore these resources and tips to learn more about caring for your child when away from the hospital.
Educational Resources for Caregivers
These educational resources include details about many subjects that may affect your child as a patient at St. Jude and you as a caregiver. They explain guidelines for tests, treatments and other health care procedures. They also address questions that patient families ask most often.
Together
Together is an online resource powered by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. It offers dependable information and a community of support for anyone facing childhood cancer.
My St. Jude Portal
My St. Jude is a protected online site where you can log in and view information about your child’s medical health record, upcoming appointments or send requests to set, change or cancel appointments.
Our St. Jude app
Our St. Jude app is exclusively for St. Jude patient families. Families can download the app on their phone or tablet. The app can be used to help track clinic appointments and events at the hospital and housing facilities. Families can also use it to access educational articles and receive updates on their travel and housing reservations.
Play is at the foundation of building relationships
Play is the very foundation of all child life interventions — for a teen or young adult, socializing with friends is play, and engaging an AYA in typical activities like video games or online pop culture quizzes can be a great way to build rapport when working with this age group.
Stick to the plan
Supporting treatment adherence is an important part of caring for AYA with cancer. Talking with this age group about treatment is a delicate balance. On the one hand, we want to give them the autonomy to manage their treatment regimen.
A Fundraising Giant
St. Jude began with a fledgling entertainer praying for a career break.
Wiped Out Savings
The costs associated with care at St. Jude caused at least one family to stop going to Memphis altogether.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
St. Jude's raised more money in 2019 than the rest of the Top 10 Children's Hospitals for cancer — combined.
History
St. Jude was founded by entertainer Danny Thomas in 1962, with help from Lemuel Diggs and Thomas' close friend from Miami, automobile dealer Anthony Abraham. The hospital was founded on the premise that "no child should die in the dawn of life".
The hospital
A child playing congas in the Amy Grant Music Room at Target House, one of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's housing facilities.
Corporate structure
Donald Pinkel was the first director of St. Jude and served from 1962 until 1973. His successor, Alvin Mauer, was director from 1973 to 1983. Joseph Simone was the hospital's third director from 1983 to 1992. Arthur W. Nienhuis was CEO and director of St. Jude from 1993 until 2004. William E.
Awards and achievements
St. Jude and over 46 of its staff members have been the recipients of numerous exemplary awards and achievements. For example, in 2010 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital was named the number one children's cancer hospital in the U.S by U.S. News & World Report.
Affiliated hospitals
St. Jude is associated with several affiliated hospitals in the United States to further its efforts beyond its own physical walls. The hospital uses its Domestic Affiliates Program to form this partnership with the other pediatric programs.
Funding
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization with annual expenses, as of 2018, of over $1.4 billion funded by nearly $1.5 billion in donations. Donations for St.
Celebrity visitors
Over the years, many celebrities such as musicians, political figures, actors and others have become involved with this foundation, visiting the hospital to meet some of the kids and/or filming commercials to encourage individuals to donate to St. Jude. These include: